Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds with HTML5 video tags

Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by rezonant on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:11PM (#29375940)

Completely your choice to bypass it, I just don't agree it's ethical when there is a choice to pay a bit of money instead to not have the ads. I will agree that this does not stop them from gathering your data and that is fair. But just stripping the ads without paying when they give you that choice doesn't seem like an ethical choice.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by kortilla on Monday November 29, 2021 @12:16AM (#29376667)

I close my eyes during the ads. Want to lecture me about how unethical that is? I’m “stealing” from the advertiser now because google will charge them for that view.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by judge2020 on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:51AM (#29380492)

In a way, yes, but both Google and Advertisers know that not every view is going to have a fully captive viewer. It's a spectrum, and where you think the line should be drawn between unethical and ethical behavior is a personal viewpoint.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by aaomidi on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:46PM (#29376144)

With all the shit google has done i honestly don't care if people are ethical when dealing with them.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by rezonant on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:20PM (#29376323)

I don't care about Google. I'm more concerned with the creators on YouTube.

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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by aaomidi on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:49PM (#29395072)

Still don't care to be honest.

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